Nigerian Newspapers Daily Front Pages Review | Saturday, 1 January, 2021

Ezenwoko’s Blog looks at the top happenings making headlines on the front pages of Nigeria’s national newspapers today Saturday, January, 1st 2021.

According to The PUNCH,  Independent National Electoral Commission has said it is unable to remove the names of dead persons from the voter register due to the absence of reliable data of births and deaths to rely on in expunging the names of such persons.

As the year 2022 unfolds, Nigerians from all walks of life have voiced their opinions on what should be done to rescue the nation from the myriad of challenges currently stunting its development and threatening its existence as one corporate entity, The Guardian reports.

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigerians to welcome the year 2022 with hope and envisions a year of continued progress against combined challenges arising from security and socio-economic issues, according to This Day.

In 2022 all eyes will be on many Nigerian businessmen and corporate organisations whose decisions in the preceding year will greatly impact the country The year 2021 saw major mergers and acquisitions involving quoted companies which operations will have significant impact on the economy, Daily Trust reports.

Saturday Independent leads with a report that says that in an apparent move to sustain the January to De­cember budgetary circle, President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday signed into law the 2022 Appropriation Bill and the 2021 Finance Bill. The President signed the documents in the Presidential Villa in the presence of Sen­ate President Ahmed Lawan, Speaker of the House of Repre­sentatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, and other members of the Fed­eral Executive Council.

Thank you for reading, that all for today, see you again tomorrow for a review of Nigerian newspapers.

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